Einar H. Dyvik
Research expert covering Nordics and global data for society, economy, and politics
Get in touch with us nowFrom 2012 to 2023, there were constantly more men than women applying for asylum in Sweden. The number peaked in 2015 following the high influx of refugees to Europe that year, but then fell rapidly in 2016. In 2023 there were 7,979 men and 4,665 women applying for asylum in Sweden. Of the former, the highest number came from Afghanistan, whereas the highest number among the latter came from Syria.
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